Worship Schedule for 3/7/04
Announce Brian
Witty
Sing A.M. Maurice
Powell
Read Keith
Bowman
Pray Joey
Ferrell
Table Larry
Powell
Oscar
Parton
Johnny
Powell
Jerry
Powell
Dismiss Stephen
Powell
Sing P.M. Stephen
Powell
Pray P.M. Eric
Burke
* If unable to serve, please call Joey Ferrell @
615-765-7620 or Doris Hibdon @ 931-939-2689.
Wed. Night Schedule for 3/3/04
Sing Maurice Powell
Read Doris Hibdon
Prepare Communion for March
Larry
Powell
Visit the Shut-ins Today
Jerry
Powell, Jerry Gilley
Visit the Shut-ins Next Sunday
Stephen
Powell, Brian Witty
4th Sunday Speakers for March
A.M. Stephen
Powell
P.M. Brian
Witty
Birthdays & Anniversaries This Week
Thurs.,
March 4th Brian Witty
Pray for the Sick
Christine
Ash, Lucille Grizzle, Maggie Wimberley, Fred Young,
Arthur
& Irene Lorance, Carlene Rains, Burton Moulder,
Nelma
Chilton, Sherry Wynne, Jimmie Johnston, Jean Gannon,
Joe
Smith, Lillia Cantrell, Scott Hughes,
Josh
Jacobs, Bobby Hayes
Remember the Shut-ins
Alta Jones,
J.D. Lorance, Mayne Youngblood, Ona Prater,
Dovie
Wood, William Condra, Pearl Fults,
Sarah
Mayo, Alberta Cook
* Those in bold are currently on the visitation route.
Sorry for the Deaths of
Tansy Talbert
Last Weeks Bible Question
Q:
What woman got up and started doing household chores after Jesus healed her of
a fever?
A:
Peters mother-in-law (Matt. 8:14-15)
This Weeks Bible Question
Q:
What dead man at Troas was raised up by Paul after falling out of a window?
Current
Events
School of Bible Emphasis
Mt. Leo Church of Christ
McMinnville, TN
Mon., March 8th
7:00 P.M.
Gospel Meeting
East End Church of Christ
McMinnville, TN
Sun., March 14th
Thurs., March 18th
Speaker: James Watkins
Sunday Bible Study: 9:00 A.M.
Sunday Worship: 10:00 A.M.
Services Nightly: 7:00 P.M.
SEARCH FOR AN HONEST MAN
I love this story which reportedly came from Sports
Illustrated (I do not know which issue):
The game was played in Wellington, Florida. In
it, a seven-year-old first baseman, Tanner Munsey, fielded a ground ball and
tried to tag a runner going from first to second base.
The umpire, Laura Benson, called the runner out, but
young Tanner immediately ran to her side and said, "Ma'am, I didn't tag
the runner." Umpire Benson reversed herself, sent the runner to second
base, and Tanner's coach gave him the game ball for his honesty.
Two weeks later, Laura Benson was again the umpire
and Tanner was playing shortstop when a similar play occurred. This time
Benson ruled that Tanner had missed the tag on a runner going to third base,
and she called the runner safe. Tanner looked at Benson and without
saying a word, tossed the ball to the catcher and returned to his position.
Benson sensed something was wrong. "Did
you tag the runner?" She asked Tanner.
His reply: "Yes."
Benson then called the runner out. The
opposing coaches protested until she explained what had happened two weeks
earlier. "If a kid is that honest," she said, "I have to
give it to him."
It may be that no Christian characteristic has
suffered more in our society than honesty. It's lacking in the workplace,
it's lacking in many of our marriages, it's lacking in our government, and
sometimes it's even lacking in our churches. Like Diogenes of ancient
Greece, we sometimes feel the urge to take our lantern and begin our search for
an honest man.
There is something about Christians that should
stand out like a neon sign on a dark night. Jesus wants his people to be
known as a people of truth. We should establish a reputation, like
Tanner, for speaking the truth even when it would benefit us to do
otherwise. Then, and only then, will those around us trust what we say
without hesitation, without wondering whether we really mean what we say or
not.
"Therefore, putting away lying, each one speak
truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another." (Ephesians
4:25) May God help you to be that person of truth that Diogenes was looking for
(and God still is, too).
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY (Jan. 16, 2004)
www.TFTD-online.com
KINGDOM
The word "kingdom" (basileia) is a noun that generally refers to a territory over which a king
rules. Three senses are prominent in the theology of the N.T. (a) Jesus uses
the term to denote the reign of God over the nation of Israel (Mt. 21:43). That
divine system would become obsolete with the termination of the Mosaic system,
being replaced by a new kingdom, the church (1 Pet. 2:9-10). The destruction of
Judaism in A.D. 70 was Jehovah's epitaph upon the Hebrews as a favored nation.
(b) The term "kingdom"
is commonly used in the N.T. as an equivalent to the "church," the
former expression emphasizing the administrative composition of the Lord's
regime, the latter stressing its relationship to the world. The terms
"church" and "kingdom" are used interchangeably at times
(cf. Mt. 16:18-19; Lk. 22:29-30 with 1 Cor. 10:16; Jn. 3:3-5 with 1 Cor. 12:13;
Col. 1:18; Heb. 12:23, 28). The kingdom is entered when the believing penitent
is baptized in water (Jn. 3:3-5; 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:27). Acceptable worship
is rendered within that domain (Lk. 22:29-30).
(c) The word "kingdom"
also may refer to the final, heavenly state of blessedness in which the people
of God will abide eternally (2 Tim. 4:13; 2 Pet. 1:11), i.e., heaven itself.
The theory (called premillennialism) that Jesus intended to set up his kingdom
at the time of his first coming, but postponed that enterprise due to a
surprising rejection by the Jews, and so, will establish the kingdom at the
time of his second coming, is false.
Word of the Week
January 23, 2004
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